DL16 7BF

Spennymoor · County Durham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Spennymoor
Local authority
County Durham
Postcode district
DL16
Postcode sector
DL16 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
DL16 7AX 29 m
DL16 7AU 30 m
DL16 7AY 51 m
DL16 7AT 67 m
DL16 7BQ 103 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
DL16 7BF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 2008
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
DL
Postcode district
DL16
Postcode sector
DL16 7
Latitude
54.686597
Longitude
-1.624164
British National Grid easting
424,328
British National Grid northing
532,458

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
North East · E12000001
Local authority district
County Durham · E06000047
Parish or community
E04010696
Output area
E00105668
Lower layer super output area
County Durham 052B · E01020822
Middle layer super output area
County Durham 052 · E02004337

Postcode source versions

Explore DL16

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Chapel Row, Spennymoor, DL16 7BF 16 April 2009 £85,000
1, Chapel Row, Spennymoor, DL16 7BF 28 April 2008 £110,000
2, Chapel Row, Spennymoor, DL16 7BF 28 April 2008 £110,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
30
Primary
19
Secondary
4
  1. Middlestone Moor Academy

    Academy converter

    980 m
  2. The Oaks Secondary School

    Community special school

    992 m
  3. Whitworth Park Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    1.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
690
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 306
  • Anti social behaviour 94
  • Criminal damage and arson 87
  • Public order 45
  • Burglary 33

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

9 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
4.3
DL16 7 residents
10,525

Age bands in DL16 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.4%

1,824 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.2%

1,175 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.6%

2,790 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

2,807 residents

Age 65 and over
18%

1,893 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider DL16 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km

  • BISHOPS CLOSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SPENNYMOOR HEALTH CENTRE, BISHOPS CLOSE, SPENNYMOOR, DL16 6ED

    ODS code A83052

    2.2 km

  • ST ANDREW'S MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SENSIER HOUSE, ST. ANDREW'S LANE, SPENNYMOOR, DL16 6QA

    ODS code A83001

    2.2 km

  • FERRYHILL AND CHILTON MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE SURGERY, DURHAM ROAD, FERRYHILL, DL17 8JJ

    ODS code A83045

    4.4 km

  • BISHOPGATE MEDICAL CENTRE

    178 NEWGATE STREET, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 7EJ

    ODS code A83025

    4.5 km

  • STATION VIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

    29A ESCOMB ROAD, BISHOP AUCKLAND, DL14 6AB

    ODS code A83015

    4.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Newsagents

    BCT · Middlestone Moor

    0.1 miles
  • South View

    BCT · Middlestone Moor

    0.1 miles
  • South View

    BCT · Middlestone Moor

    0.1 miles
  • Newsagents

    BCT · Middlestone Moor

    0.1 miles
  • Binchester Moor

    BCT · Middlestone Moor

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for County Durham 052B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,865 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
8 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

30 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 4 secondary schools. Middlestone Moor Academy is the nearest published school at 980 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

690 published events cover 12 months, averaging 57.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 306 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.